Broom.



C. BRUDSIG.

BROOM.

APPLICATION HLED NOV. 16, I916.

1,299,027. Patented June 5, 1917.

manner.

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BRUDSIG, OF WHQ'NIBEG, MANITOBA, CANADA, ASSIGNOR 'IO JOHN L.

PENNEB, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BROOM.

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J line 5, 1917.

Application filed November 16, 1916. Serial No. 131,753.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES BRUDSIG, of the city of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooms, of

which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements inv brooms particularly to an lmprovement directed to the broom brush and the fastening ofthe brush to the handle and the object of the invention is to provide -a new style of brush which is made in a durable and economical manner and to provide an attachment for releasably fastening the brush to the handle, thereby allowing a worn brush to be removedreadily and a new one inserted while retaining the remaining parts of the broom which are usually discarded when the brush is worn out.

"With the above objects in view the invention consists essentially in a brush formed from whisps shaped to a brush shape and having their upper ends stuck together and bound, a holder attached to the handle to receive the bound ends of the whisps and means for releasably fastening the brush in the holder, the arts being arranged and constructed as ereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 represents a side view of a broom embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 represents an enlarged detailed side view of the brush with the upper end inserted in the elongated band of the holder.

Fig. 3 represents a vertical sectional View through the holder.

Fig. 4 a vertical sectional view centrally through the brush and holder.

Fig. 5 a rod.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

1 represents a broom'handle of the ordinary kind to which I attach permanently a holder 2.

The holder comprises in the present instance a wooden head 3 and an elongated or flattened metallic band 4 which is fitted on are rolled back on themselves to provide perspective view of the locking side tubes or loops 6 and 7 for a purpose later described.

. The wooden block is held by a handle permanently by one-of the nails 5 which passes through the block into the handle.

8 represents the broom brush which. is constructed in a particular way. The whisps forming the brush pass from the bottom to the top of the brush but are not as long as in the ordinary brush and the head ends of the Whisps are all gathered together and stuck such as by gluing to form a head shaped to snugly enter the band of the '11 and in this connection it is to be noted that when the head of the brush is inserted in the holder with the upper end of it butted against the block the sewing at 10 is just within the lower end of the band slightly above the tubes or loops 6 and 7. These loops have curved or rounded inner surfaces and when they are pressed inwardly against the head of the brush and the lower side of the row of stitching, they willhave a broad bearing surface on the broom corn and will not cut or break the straws when the broom is in use and, furthermore, when these loops are clamped against the brush on the underside of the stitching, it will be impossible to remove the brush head from the socket until the clamping springs are pulled out of the loops.

To fasten the brush within the band of the holder I utilizea fixed rod 12 and a locking rod 13. The rod 12 is more or less of a U-shape and has its ends 12 short and inserted within the ends of the tubes'6 and 7 permanently while the rod 13 is ofan elongated U-shape and is formed from spring material so that normally it takes a form as best shown in Fig. 5.

This latter rod is put in place by first spreading the normally crossed ends and then inserting them within the ends of the tubes opposite'the rod 12.

The spring ends of the said rod 13, in

passing in, efi'ect'the in-pulling of the sides holder. The head of the brush is also bound as the corn whisps whisps of my particular type of brush are not as long as the ordinary whisps and I desire now to explain that in the ordinary broom the whisps are bound directly to the handle and for this very reason have to be considerably longer than my whisps which are not bound to the handle but are fastened to it by means of the holder.

The construction of my broom brush provides a considerable saving in. material usually used, for broom manufacture are quite long centrally oftheir length and form two brushes whenthe said brushes are made in accordance with my invention. They are not, however, long enough to permit of the making of two broom brushes when out for binding to the handle directly as is usually done.

There is always considerable loss of material when making up. brushes in the ordinary way while in my case there is very little loss as the'length of the whisps supplied is approximately the length of two of my broom brushes.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A refillable broom comprising a handle, a block secured thereto, a band secured to said block and encircling the same to form sit "socket, the lower edges of the side walls of said band having loops with rounded inner faces formed therein, a brush having a head fitting snugly within said socket and 'seated against said block, said head having a row of stitches extending across the same and positioned within said socket and above said loops when the parts are assembled, and spring members for entering said loops and squeezing said inner faces inwardly beneath and against said stitches, thereby looking said brush head within said socket.

enough to cut 2. The combination with a broom handle, of a fiat wooden block secured to the handle,

a flattened metallic bandfsecured to and exwith a row of stitching passing across the brush in a location immediately above the side tube and a withdrawable spring clamping wire insertible within the tubes and adapted when inserted to squeeze the tubes inwardly toward the brush and beneath the row of stitching.

3. A refillable broom comprising a handle, a block mounted thereon, a band secured to said block and encircling the lower portion thereof and projecting beyond the same to form a brush socket, the lower walls of said band having loops formed therein, having a head fitting within said socket and a row of stitches extending across said brush and above said loops when said brush is thrust into said socket and spring clamping members, U-shaped substantially in form, straddling each end of said band and having their ends fitting within said loops for squeezing them inwardly beneath and against said row of stitching, thereby looking said brush within said socket.

Signed at Winnipeg, October, 1916.

CHARLES BRUDSIG.

In the presence of-- G. S. Boxmmerr, R. FOSTER.

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